I-95 was shut down between State Road 44 and State Road 46, from mile marker 223 to mile marker 249, due to poor visibility, FHP officials said.

Troopers shut down the area after smoke caused three car crashes within one mile of road, officials said.

Authorities told WESH 2 News that one of the crashes involved five vehicles on I-95 southbound. One of the vehicles caught fire, but was quickly extinguished, troopers said.

Volusia County firefighters extricated two people from mangled wreckage.

Two people were injured in two minor crashes in the heavy fog in the northbound lanes, troopers said. The victims were expected to be OK.

The area is just a few miles from a 150-acre fire northeast of Osteen in Lake Ashby Park. The fire was 50 percent contained, fire officials said.

Two wildfires in southeast Volusia County were blamed for the blinding smoke. One of them is a 150-acre blaze in the area of Boy Scout Camp Road, east of Deltona. The other is approximately 100 acres and is near Maytown Road and west of I-95.

Volusia County Fire Services Dvision Chief Scott Smoak told WESH 2 News that both of the fires have been contained.